Read Escape: Stories of Getting Awayby Lena Lencek Lena Lencek Online

Who doesn't dream of escape, whether to defy the strictures of a conventional or restricted life, to outrun the fates, to pursue an extraordinary goal, or, most inevitably, to distance oneself from the suffering, loss, and pain that unavoidably bear down on our lives. Now Escape is the first collection to bring together a wide array of the very finest stories about this unWho doesn't dream of escape, whether to defy the strictures of a conventional or restricted life, to outrun the fates, to pursue an extraordinary goal, or, most inevitably, to distance oneself from the suffering, loss, and pain that unavoidably bear down on our lives. Now Escape is the first collection to bring together a wide array of the very finest stories about this universal impulse. Photographs and selections range from the comic to tragic, covering escapes from reality, domesticity, matrimony, intimacy, materialism, rules, and dependence, as well as escapes into hedonism, addiction, beauty, spirituality, intimacy, art, nature, and science. With the same mix of stellar short stories, novel excerpts, and narrative nonfiction that characterized Beach and Sail Away, Escape includes such writers as Isabel Allende, Isaac Babel, Harold Brodkey, Michael Chabon, Jamaica Kincaid, D.H. Lawrence, David Malouf, and others....

Title

:

Escape: Stories of Getting Away

Author

:

Lena Lencek Lena Lencek

Rating

:

ISBN

:

9781569245262

Format Type

:

Paperback

Number of Pages

:

352 Pages

Status

:

Available For Download

Last checked

:

21 Minutes ago!

Escape: Stories of Getting Away Reviews

Jen2019-01-29 07:44

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/12766486

Free eBooks Ssforesmasrt.siw.com.co Library is in no way intended to support illegal activity. We uses Search API to find the overview of books over the internet, but we don't host any files. All document files are the property of their respective owners, please respect the publisher and the author for their copyrighted creations. If you find documents that should not be here please report them. Read our DMCA Policies and Disclaimer for more details.